Blackadder - S3 E1 - Dish and Dishonesty
Added 2024-09-26 13:00:14 +0000 UTCDish and Dish - onesty! LOL Well.... this was different! Just when I got used to the last season, they went and changed it! Ha!
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I hate to be that guy Mandy but you didn't say the word right. You said: Antidisestablishmentarism It's actually: Antidisestablishmentarianism. I'm really sorry it's just that I've seen A LOT of Blackadder.
Mike
2025-02-23 05:44:06 +0000 UTCStill playing catch up. Have to say this is the first time I have ever heard of anyone saying the show got better with every series. Pretty much anyone I talk to will agree that series 2 was never bettered. Series 1 is universally considered the weakest. Series 3 is always considered weaker than series 2 and series 4 was a return to form. Pretty much everywhere on the net pretty much says the same thing.
Captain Howdy
2025-02-10 14:07:07 +0000 UTCCockwomble
Joshyboiiiiii
2024-09-29 13:07:24 +0000 UTCNo problamo
Joshyboiiiiii
2024-09-29 13:06:06 +0000 UTCYou do as you please with your own hair ya silly goose! I have just been around enough men going bald to know that if you have hair, make good use of it because not everyone is so blessed. ๐คช
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-28 00:06:26 +0000 UTCHmmm... ๐ค I am told the next episodes are great fun. This happens to me a lot with stand up, the audience bursts into laughter over things that simply were not funny. Each to their own I guess ๐คช
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-28 00:04:13 +0000 UTCAhhh, so the black sheep of the royals. Got it! ๐ค
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-28 00:02:05 +0000 UTCHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA! Very spot on Steve! ๐คฃ๐คฃ It was more like "what Americans think the British sound like" ๐คช
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-28 00:00:56 +0000 UTCMost likely! ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-27 23:56:55 +0000 UTCLol, welcome back ๐โจ๏ธ
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-27 23:56:39 +0000 UTCLmao! This commemt was cute! ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-27 23:55:59 +0000 UTCHahahhsa!! ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-27 23:55:30 +0000 UTCLife imitates art! https://iili.io/dQL6Xn9.jpg ๐
๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐
2024-09-27 21:53:44 +0000 UTCI think Mandy should be in the *sounds of Googling* Congreso de la Naciรณn Argentina! Someone should set up the Rotten Borough of Little Buenos Aires, population: Kitana and Mandy's mom ๐
DriveIn
2024-09-27 16:57:04 +0000 UTCLol all sorts, his coronation cost around 25 times more than his dads, he spent a fortune on paintings and houses aswell as regular huge banquets, all the banquets and booze lead to him being very fat. Look up Brighton Pavilion aka the Royal Pavilion, that was one of the things he had built as a holiday home ๐
Danny
2024-09-27 12:45:02 +0000 UTCI'd take a guess flogging/whipping a horse to make it go quicker, and to flog in a selling sense is to sell it on quick
Danny
2024-09-27 12:35:34 +0000 UTCIt's been like 6 weeks since the last Mr Bean episode ๐ฉ๐ต
Danny
2024-09-27 12:29:49 +0000 UTCAlso, if you see this Stevus, Fisty Steve is a distant relation, we don't speak of him. Not since the Xmas party in 2002! ๐คฃ
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2024-09-27 11:02:48 +0000 UTCBrilliant reaction! Youโre going to love this series. I donโt know why, but my favorite line from this episode was โDamn his duckpond!โ ๐คฃ Thank you, Mandyโor should we call you 'Mad Mandy' from now on? ๐๐ค
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2024-09-27 10:34:58 +0000 UTCMandy's British accent is like that because she learned it at an early age from Bart Simpson: "You mean it ain't me noggin', it's me peepers? Well, that's just lovely." ๐คฃ
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2024-09-27 10:20:06 +0000 UTCNot refusal, I was unaware. Can't say what I don't know mate :P
irreverend
2024-09-27 10:03:05 +0000 UTCReally I wanted irreverend to tell you but his out right refusal to do so means I will need to step up. The person I was thinking of was Al Murray, he stood for the FUKP party. Now I think about it, he probably isn't the only contestant to stand. I suspect some of the New Years Treat contestants may have done too. Hopefully, irreverend will let us know.
Jeffrey44
2024-09-27 09:12:43 +0000 UTCThat's not crazy, that's democracy.
Jeffrey44
2024-09-27 09:08:39 +0000 UTCI think this season is going to be the moment when Mandy realised she doesnโt speak Spanish and English she speaks Spanish and American ๐ even I need subtitles ๐๐
Jonathan Davies
2024-09-27 07:40:09 +0000 UTCNotably, great joy is added to the nation by watching some unpleasant former cabinet minister learn that heโs out of a job while standing next to a man dressed as breakfast.
Danel4d
2024-09-27 07:24:18 +0000 UTCHow did 'flogging' also come to mean 'selling'? o_0
I-Love-My-Brick
2024-09-27 02:50:56 +0000 UTCGreat stuff Mandy, yeah a little tricky to navigate this one, but you did fine. Queenie/Miranda Richardson does appear I think twice in this series as different people so keep an eye out. Next episode for me is one of my faves of the season. Can't wait! Loved the English accent at the start - that's what it was, right? :)
Rusty Dog
2024-09-27 02:05:51 +0000 UTCBasically there is a long line of Blackadders, who yearn for power, but they seem to get further away from power with every season. In the first seaon, Blackadder is the son of the king hoping to gain power, in the second season he is a lord, in this 3rd season he is the attendant to royalty, often a job given to people from less important noble families, and the fourth, people from upper class families were given commanding roles in the British military above the 'common folk', but werent necessarily close to power at all. Basically the Blackadder family did not have good luck and did not achieve power, much to the annoyance of all of the bloodline throughout the ages.
Yoshua Simoleit
2024-09-27 02:02:54 +0000 UTCGreat reaction under difficult circumstances ๐. Think the audience were high on there being another Blackadder series, or they were pumping something into the theatre. Iโve no idea what they were laughing at for 60% of the time (the obscure references etcโฆ ). They have lunatic novelty candidates at elections in the UK, (check out โCount Bin Faceโ, โScreaming Lord Suchโ, โBoris Johnsonโ) so they were sort of parodying that. However, that scene wasnโt nearly as funny as the audience would have you believe, even if you know the phenomenon theyโre referring to. ๐
Gary Tamblyn
2024-09-27 00:02:45 +0000 UTCYour preference for gazebo has left me discombobulated
irreverend
2024-09-26 23:48:31 +0000 UTCI didn't want to point it out, you were so happy, but it was the "ian" bit before the last ism (I think, I've not rewatched it). Given however that you've never heard the word before, you did bloody good :)
irreverend
2024-09-26 23:35:34 +0000 UTCYou are making me want to order some chinese food. Well done! ๐คฃ
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 23:21:05 +0000 UTCTony's is good, but I always loved Gazebo! ๐คฃ How about you Josh?
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 23:20:33 +0000 UTCOMG! I am comparable to a young Brit? ๐ฅน
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 23:19:23 +0000 UTCOf course not ya silly goose! It is indeed on a Sunday rotation! This Sunday is ep.3 ๐คโจ๏ธ
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 23:16:01 +0000 UTCNoooo!!! Did I really miss a syllable? I was so confident ๐ฅฒ. Thank you for all the explaining Irreverend! ๐And what contestant Jeffrey? ๐ค
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 23:15:11 +0000 UTCMe? An accent? You must be mistaken... I don't do those ๐
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 23:13:11 +0000 UTCOof, great explanation Tony! Thank you kindly! ๐๐๐ป
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 23:11:25 +0000 UTCThank you. Hopefully next episode is more understandable for me ๐คช๐ค
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 23:06:17 +0000 UTCHAHAHAH! Oops!! ๐ ๐คฃ๐ธ
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 23:05:24 +0000 UTCAnybody can? That is crazy! I wonder what the criteria is here in Argy ๐ค. Thank you for explaining Jay!! ๐๐
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 23:04:56 +0000 UTCInteresting. I got a bit lost in the politics of it all, but hoping ep. 2 is better!
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 23:02:23 +0000 UTCLavish spending on socks? Lol. It truly is bizarre how the ways of royalty worked and lasted so long.
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 23:01:53 +0000 UTCOk, so I am to understand tjat it was just this episode ๐
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 22:59:50 +0000 UTCDid they really? Huh, thought they were newer, way to go lil weiner dogs! Love those adorable little pups!
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 22:55:59 +0000 UTCThere are some odd laws when it comes to royalty and that side of politics. Not truly sure what a Bishop is to be honest though. Sounds delicious with wine ๐คช
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 22:55:07 +0000 UTC*Noted ๐ what you saw was around medium length for me. I don't let it get too long, especially the fringe. And yeah,you kinda do.
Benjamin Taylor-Yates
2024-09-26 22:54:58 +0000 UTCThis made me laugh! My Manderstein'smonster hasn't come to life yet ๐ข
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 22:53:35 +0000 UTCHahha, now that is an idea! ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 22:52:36 +0000 UTCWait! I look taller on camera??? How did I not know this??? ๐ ๐ I haven't seen you with longer or shorter hair, but personally I don't like super short hair like buzzcuts on almost anyone. ๐คช
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 22:52:17 +0000 UTCI actually like mosr of the clothes from this period. A little elaborate, but the shapes and textures are great!
Mandy Cane Lane
2024-09-26 22:45:30 +0000 UTCA waistcoat was mentioned in this, although it sounded more like "west-cot" which isn't a typical 21st pronunciation (or vest as an American would say).
Jeffrey44
2024-09-26 21:31:50 +0000 UTCThere was that boy wizard who was popular a few years ago too.
Jeffrey44
2024-09-26 21:29:12 +0000 UTCMandy Cane Lane may be interested to know that one Taskmaster contestant has stood in an election. Tell her that.
Jeffrey44
2024-09-26 21:27:35 +0000 UTCA lot to say, sorry if your eyes are tired, Miry. I imagine you'll be as exhausted as I am. You mentioned kids...3 school runs today ๐. I prefer kids to the elderly and rarely get trouble but the last ones were just such annoying little bastards. ๐ค *MP: member of parliament. And about the bills thing: that's just plain robbery. ๐ก I'm very grateful now that it isn't a thing over here. I still just use a portable heater/fan; never use central heating myself. You mentioned beards, yeah I can look 30 with a beard. ๐ Kind of similar to how girls look taller on camera, I learnt that when I met that actress off Narnia ๐. I try to keep my hair long too. Otherwise I fell like it looks like I'm balding. Idk, what did you think? ๐ค๐ค
Benjamin Taylor-Yates
2024-09-26 19:12:59 +0000 UTCDepends on if you're applying to become a Member of Parliament.
Spacedone
2024-09-26 16:50:10 +0000 UTCHalloween is coming up any chance we will see you dressing in period appropriate clothes for black adder
Remi
2024-09-26 16:27:23 +0000 UTCHow would you even use 11 times the electricity anyway? Have you been mining Bitcoin and trying to reanimate the dead?
Z is for Zed
2024-09-26 16:21:13 +0000 UTCOn the topic of the prime minister being a child, I remember seeing a grave stone from the 1570s and the boy died at the age of 10-11 and apparently he was a bishop which I found quite interesting
Remi
2024-09-26 16:11:24 +0000 UTCIs that a reward or a punishment?
Remi
2024-09-26 16:09:51 +0000 UTCWeiner dogs first came about in the 15th century and we're used in Germany as hunting dogs PM prime minister MP member of parliament
Remi
2024-09-26 16:08:36 +0000 UTCThis is a very politically themed episode with lots of British history references, so don't worry about not getting them, the next episode is really good with another familiar face ๐ค
Danny
2024-09-26 15:56:32 +0000 UTCPitt The Younger, by the way, in real life was actually 24 when he became prime minister. It's just exaggerated again for comedy. The youngest prime minister in British history though. But that's ancient compared to past Kings and Queens. Queen Mary was a few days old when she became Queen and Henry VI was 9 months old. That's when a Regent takes over as a placeholder of sorts till the King or Queen is ready, like Prince George. He was Regent when his father King George III (Mad King George) went loony, but then took over as proper King when he died. So this is set in that Recency period. He was famous and generally disliked by the public for his extreme lavish spending
Danny
2024-09-26 15:39:26 +0000 UTCI think the first episode of series three is the worst one.
Carl-Fredrik L
2024-09-26 15:16:11 +0000 UTCThe "reporter on TV" .. On UK Election nights - there's always news reporters in some dusty sports hall where the counting of votes is taking place where they are to report on the results as they come in. The format of the news reports is pretty much as you see in this episode. Oh and the guy from the "standing at the back looking stupid party" .. Anybody can stand for election in the UK. There is a political party called "The Monster Raving Looney Party" in the UK who field candidates at election times. They have .. well .. loony policies in their manifesto .. but who could feasibly be voted in and form a government (we might not know the difference in truth) .. so the "standing at the back looking stupid party" is a play on them ...
Jay
2024-09-26 14:42:54 +0000 UTCErrr ..... Flogging not Frogging. To be whipped or lashed with a whip :-)
jumpjet
2024-09-26 14:42:47 +0000 UTCThere's a LOT of esoteric British political, historical and cultural references in this episode. I wouldn't feel too bad about feeling like much of this went over your head, almost every second sentence mentions something that non-British viewers would find obscure. Just some of the British political terminology used during this episode includes: the House of Commons, the Civil List, the Great Hall, Regent, rotten borough, by-election, returning officer, ennoblement, House of Lords, hustings, etc...it goes on. Some of these phrases are used in other country's political systems too, but even so it's not the most accessible of episodes.
hasty rewrite
2024-09-26 14:39:01 +0000 UTCA little bit of Blackadder background info that might help to explain the difference in tone: The first series was VERY expensive. It was filmed largely on location, which is expensive, largely on 16mm film (rather than videotape), which is expensive, and had a large cast, dozens of extras, and even horses. It's all very expensive. The viewing figures didn't reach numbers that might justify the cost, and the BBC commissioner at the time, Michael Grade, wasn't a big fan, and cancelled it. But he was convinced by producer John Lloyd to give it another chance, on the condition that it is dramatically stripped back to more typical sitcom budget. 2-3 studio sets, 2 cameras, small ensemble cast etc. Well the first series had been written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson. Rowan didn't want to continue writing, perhaps in protest at the slashed budget. Ben Elton was brought in to replace him. He was a very popular, fast-talking, stand-up comedian at the time, specialising in left-leaning political satire. It's always seemed to me that he was finding his feet with (his) first series of Blackadder, I.e. Blackadder 2, just assisting Curtis, writing witty but silly scripts, but with Blackadder the Third, had found the confidence to really put his stamp on the show. You can see in episodes like this that the dialogue is more clever and cynical than before. Like I said in my other comment, this particular episode is specifically about politics and was always going to be difficult for you. Don't worry, many of the others have political overtones but aren't anything like as intense and esoteric as this. By the way, the guy at the election that talks to the camera is Vincent Hanna. He plays himself here. He was a broadcast journalist who covered the elections on TV at the time. He's basically doing the same here, although presumably only addressing the assembled crowd, which is a silly joke.
Tony Mingoia
2024-09-26 14:35:02 +0000 UTCTalk to me about that accent you did at the start Mandy. I feel mocked
James Aston
2024-09-26 14:30:35 +0000 UTCPeripatetic
irreverend
2024-09-26 14:18:40 +0000 UTCThe standing at the back looking stupid party was a joke about an actual political party we have here called The Monster Raving Looney Party :)
irreverend
2024-09-26 14:17:53 +0000 UTCChrist
Jeffrey44
2024-09-26 14:09:06 +0000 UTCI think it's on a rotation on Sundays
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2024-09-26 14:00:20 +0000 UTCDachshunds as a breed did exist in the 1700s, although they would've had longer legs back then.
irreverend
2024-09-26 13:58:08 +0000 UTCDiscombobulation
Tony Mingoia
2024-09-26 13:50:18 +0000 UTCFlogging his servants, not frogging :) I'm afraid you missed a syllable from antidisestablishmentarianism
irreverend
2024-09-26 13:42:35 +0000 UTCWilliam Pitt the Younger was indeed a former British Prime Minister, and his father was as well (Pitt the Elder). He wasn't quite this young, but he was the youngest Prime Minister, I think he was about 25.
irreverend
2024-09-26 13:38:50 +0000 UTCHave you stopped reacting to Phoenix Nights Mandy?
JokerDanny
2024-09-26 13:28:51 +0000 UTCThis particular episode is very heavy on the politics, obviously, especially British politics, complete with references you will unlikely get. A lot of young Brits won't get them either. Don't worry, it's a bit of an outlier in that regard. You'll find it a lot easier to follow the rest of this series. ๐
Tony Mingoia
2024-09-26 13:17:07 +0000 UTCRandom question of the day. What's your favourite word?
Joshyboiiiiii
2024-09-26 13:02:53 +0000 UTCFirst suey
Joshyboiiiiii
2024-09-26 13:02:15 +0000 UTC
